US-France Cooperative Research: Theoretical Implicatons of Dark Matter

这个为期三年的奖项支持美国-法国天体物理学合作研究 美国国家科学基金会粒子天体物理科学与技术（STC） 加州伯克利和法国天体物理学研究中心 法国里昂，里昂的一个小教堂。 美国和法国的研究小组由约瑟夫· 伯克利分校物理学教授、STC成员Silk和领导人Gilles Chabrier 法国中心。 具体而言，将为美国高级研究生提供支持， 学生和博士后研究人员隶属于伯克利STC为他们的旅行， 法国 美国和法国团队将专注于暗物质的基本问题， 被认为是天体物理学研究的最高优先级。 有证据表明，90%或 宇宙的大部分是由暗物质组成的，这些物质可能是以 这些粒子可以追溯到宇宙的起源。 对暗物质的研究 这个问题对于理解宇宙的起源和宇宙的起源有着重要的意义。 物质的基本性质。 在这个项目中，美国和法国队将表演 粒子暗物质的天体物理约束的理论研究， 候选暗物质粒子的特征，以及宇宙中恒星的演化， 其中暗物质可能扮演着核心角色。

This three-year award supports U.S.-France cooperative research in astrophysics between the NSF Science and Technology (STC) for Particle Astrophysics at the University of California, Berkeley, and the French Center for Astrophysics Research, Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, Lyon, France. The U.S. and French research teams are led by Joseph Silk, Professor of Physics and member of the STC at Berkeley, and Gilles Chabrier, leader of the French center. Specifically, support will be provided to advanced U.S. graduate students and postdoctoral researchers affiliated with the Berkeley STC for their travel to France. The U.S. and French teams will focus on the fundamental problem of dark matter, a topic identified as the highest priority in astrophysics research. Evidence indicates that 90% or more of the Universe is made of dark matter, and that this matter may be in the form of particles dating back to the beginning of the Universe. The study of the dark matter problem has important implications for understanding the origin of the Universe and the fundamental nature of matter. In this project, the U.S. and French teams will perform theoretical investigations of the astrophysical constraints on particle dark matter, the characteristics of candidate dark matter particles, and stellar evolution in the Universe, in which dark matter may play a central role.